Tray for registers and the like



June 10 1924. 1,4979% I B. P. HAYES TRAY FOR REGISTERS AND THE LIKE Filed July 22, 1920 [N VE N TOR Hayas A TTORNE Y lAhZGl BENJAMIN P. HAYES, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING MACHINE 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TRAY FOR REGISTERS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed July 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Trays for Registers and the like; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of structed in accordance with my invention, the separate elements of the tray be1ng d1sconnected and spaced to better illustrate their mechanical construction and method of assemblage.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an assembled tray also including a scissor lever control, some of the compartment covers being removed for better illustration.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Fig.4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the tray, particularly illustrating the latch mechanism for the compartment cover.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

The tray 1 is preferably constructed of sheet metal and has front and end walls 2, 3, formed by turning up the edges .of the sheet to form heads, which are reinforced by lapping the turned-up portions about a metal bar 4 to stiffen and strengthen the enclosing walls. The rear wall of each tray is formed by a stamped member 5, Z-shaped in cross section to formtop and bottom strips 6, 7, the bottom strip having spaced pairs of apertures 8 adapted for receiving inexpensive the accompanying drawings,

1920. Serial No. 398,265.

the tongues 9 that are punched from the bottom of the tray 1 and are adapted to fold over thetop of the strip 7 to retain the'back- Wall securely in place at the rear of the tray. The upper corner of the wall member 5 has down-struck portions 10, formmg hinge seats, each end of a downstruck section being exposed to'a slot 11 and each of said sections having a center slot 12. whereby hinge pins may be positioned to carry the compartment covers (presentlydescribed) and to receive the cover springs.

Each of the trays is divided into separate compartments for containing the charge slips of individual customers, by rails 18 (Fig. 2), also preferably constructed of sheet metal, and comprising upstanding body portions and base flanges let, the latter seating on the bottom ofthe tray and being held in place by tongues 15 punched from the tray bottom inpairs to overlie opposite rail flanges.

Each compartment has an individual cover 16 provided with hinge beads 17 and a slot 18 at itstransverse center; i

In assembling a compartment cover the hinge beads arelocated on a down-struck seat of the back wall and have a pin 19 projected through an end slot 11 and through the beads, the length of the pin being such that its ends nest under the angles of the upper corner of the Wall to anchor the pin in place, one of the end covers being first positioned and then the remaining covers positioned successively, so that when the assemblyv is complete the hinge pins abut throughout th length of the tray. lVhile covers are being assembled on the end wall, the pins are also projected through the hub portions 21 of springs 22, one arm of each of which bears against the end face of its cover and the opposite end against the bottom of the top strip of the back wall to urge the cover to open position (Fig. 2). The covers are held closed bylatches 28 (F ig. 4). the base ends of which are attached to the bottom of the tray adjacent the front wall thereof by tongue and groove connection at and the spring arm 25, which has a lip 26 adapted to overlie the front end of its cover, preferably seating in a socket 27 at the front of the cover, so that the body of the cover may lie in substantially a horizontal plane and afford a maximum capacity for the charge slip compartment. The plane of the covers is preferably slightly below that of the top edges of the tray, in order to avoid interference when the tray is opened and closed, this arrangement being efiiected by bending the rear ends of the covers immediately in front of the hinges.

As the tray-operating mechanism forms nopart of the present invention, I will notdescribe the same in detail, reference being made to the patent heretofore mentioned for an understanding of the construction and mode of operation of such parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A tray comprising a bottom plate having upturned edges forming enclosing walls and comprising spaced sets of paired, instruck tongues, partition rails seated on the bottom plate between paired tongues, comprising body portions and oppositely directed bottom flanges, the tongues turned onto the flanges to hold the rails in place.

2. A tray comprising a bottom plate having upturned edges "forming enclosing walls and comprising spaced sets of paired, in struck tongues, partition rails seated on the bottom plate between paired tongues, comprising body portions and oppositely directed bottom flanges, the tongues turned onto the flanges to hold the rails in place, a rear wall member, and covers hinged to the rear Wall members covering the compartments formed by said partition rails.

3. A tray comprising a rear wall, having an upper, forward corner slotted and indented to form a hinge seat, a cover having a hinge member located on said seat, and a pin located in said hinge member, with its ends pocketed in the angle of upstanding portions of the cornon 4. A tray comprising a rear wall, having an upper, forward corner slotted and indented to form a hinge seat, a cover having a hinge member located on said seat, and a pin located in said hinge member, with its ends pocketed in the angle of upstanding portions of the corner, a spring urging the cover to open position, and a latch at the front of the tray for retaining the cover against the tension of said spring.

5. A tray comprising a rear wall, having an upper, forward corner slotted and indented to form a hinge seat, a cover having a hinge member located on said seat, and a pin located in said hinge member, with its ends pocketed in the angle of upstanding portions of the corner, the cover having a latch socket at its forward, free edge, and a flexible latch at the front of the tray, having a lip engageable with the cover within the latch socket.

6. A tray comprising a bottom plate having a rear longitudinal series of tongues and spaced transverse sets of paired tongues, a rear wall member, Z-shaped in cross section, the bottom strip of the wall seating on the bottom of the tray and having apertures receiving the longitudinal tongues to anchor the strip, the upper corner of the wall being slotted and indented between the sets of transverse tongues to form hinge seats, rails seated on the tray bottom between the paired ear sets and anchored thereby, covers having hinge members located onsaid hinge seats, pins in the hinge members having ends pocketed beneath the angle of upstanding portions of the corner of the rear wall, springs on said pins engaging the covers and the upper strip of the rear wall, and latches at the front of the tray for retaining the covers against the tension of said springs.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

BENJAMIN P. HAYES. 

